Political economy of communications in India : the good, the bad and the ugly/
Pradip Ninan Thomas.
- SAGE, 2010.
Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Section 1: A History of Structures; 1 -- An Introduction to the Political Economy of Communications; 2 -- The Political Economy of Communications in Colonial India: Mass Communication and the Empire; 3 -- The Political Economy of Communications in post-colonial India: 1948-1985; 4 -- The Political Economy of Communications in the New India: 1986 to Present; Section 2: Processes and Means; 5 -- The Indian Copyright Conundrum; 6 -- The Political Economy of Audio-visual Trade 7 -- The Informationalisation of Life Processes: Biotechnology, IT and Life as Code8 -- Christian Fundamentalism and the Media: The Case of Christian Broadcasting in India; 9 -- Poverty and the Media; Section 3: Resistance; 10 -- Resistance: Community Radio and the Right to Information Movement in India; 11 -- Beyond the Dominant Paradigm of Communication Rights: Operationalising Communication Rights in India; Index; About the Author